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4 Ways to Measure Network Strength

Posted by Susan Donegan on Thu, Sep 14, 2017

The health insurance industry has developed a spectrum of network analysis tools to demonstrate a network’s breadth and depth, and to differentiate between networks.There are 4 common methods of network analysis widely used to evaluate health-related insurance products today. We visualize this spectrum as a pyramid to show how frequently the analysis is used and how specific the information is to each company. As you ascend the pyramid the frequency of availability decreases but the knowledge gained becomes more specific and as a result is more valuable to the overall assessment of the networks under consideration.4 ways to measure network strength.jpg

For example, at the bottom of the pyramid, measuring network size is fairly easy and is used in almost every analysis; it’s not very specific to a particular client or prospect. At the top of the pyramid, re-pricing the claims of the incumbent carrier is more difficult to do because it requires more data and cooperation from the prospect and the incumbent, therefore it’s done less frequently. However, when done, it’s very specific to the prospect’s situation. 

Download our whitepaper, The Network Analysis Pyramid for an overview of the most widely used methods to analyze provider networks.

Tags: compare networks, health insurance, network comparison tool, data analysis, network data, provider networks, repricing analysis



